Chinese Neolithic Terracotta Amphora

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

10 3/8 in. (1.9 kg, 26.5 cm high).

With piriform body and trumpet-shaped mouth, two loop handles to the equator; circumferential bands to the shoulder and panels of painted hatching. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From a North Yorkshire, UK, collection, 1990s.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, accession number 2015.500.7.9, for similar.

CONDITION

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